The War Between the States: Red Versus Blue--Pictures

By Julia Edwards and Kenneth Chamberlain

In this week’s National Journal, Ronald Brownstein and Scott Bland reveal a deeper divide in the familiar red-versus-blue battle. The battlefield is not in Washington, but in states that are so deeply entrenched on one side of the political aisle and are passing partisan laws at an alarming rate. Traveling to a state of a different color may soon feel like crossing into a new country. Click through to see how certain states are polarizing on either the Democratic or the Republican side.